By Jarod Lipson<\/p>\n
The Butler men\u2019s basketball team took down Xavier 71-66 in Hinkle Fieldhouse on March 5th.<\/p>\n
The Senior Night victory over a bitter rival was emotional, albeit unimportant to the virtually non-existent tournament hopes Butler has this season.\u00a0The Musketeers got on the board first and held the lead for nearly the first 10 minutes of the game.<\/p>\n
Paul Jorgensen\u2019s three-pointer gave Butler its first lead at 16-14. The three was Jorgensen\u2019s second of the game and he finished the first half with 11 points.<\/p>\n
Four lead changes ensued in the following eight minutes. No team went up by more than three points until the final minute of the quarter.<\/p>\n
Three points for Kamar Baldwin and one from Christian David in the final minute of the half took Butler into the break with a 35-30 lead.<\/p>\n
The back-and-forth nature to the end of the first half continued into the beginning of the second.\u00a0Xavier tied the game at 37 less than three minutes into the half.<\/p>\n
Baldwin came alive after the scoreboard was tied, scoring seven of the next nine Butler points and leading the Bulldogs to a four-point lead.<\/p>\n
It didn\u2019t take long for Xavier to take that lead right back, and once again the lead swung back and forth.\u00a0The next two minutes saw four more lead changes.<\/p>\n
Finally, a Sean McDermott field goal put Butler up for good.\u00a0The continued scoring of Baldwin and Jorgensen closed the game out.<\/p>\n
Baldwin led the team in scoring with 24 and Jorgensen wasn\u2019t far behind with 19 in his final game at Hinkle.<\/p>\n
Butler is now 16-14 overall and 7-10 in the Big East. The Bulldogs travel to Providence for their final regular season game of the year.<\/p>\n
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